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The Music.

The well selected programme rendered
on the square yesterday evening was
greatly enjoyed by large crowd. The
chief attraction, Of course, was the much
advertised Boulanger March, In Reoenent
dc Ia Recpe That is bright and catch
ing air, but not Marseiliaise by any
means, and ii hardly seems probable that
il is the music of future revolution.
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The crowded state of our columns yes
tcrday prevented a desired notice of the
Mozart Musicale Miss Celia Sycle rem
dered two soprano solos in a charming
manner, and received both liberal app
plause and some beautiful flowers. The
young gentlemen of The Arion Society
distinguished themselves, and Master
John j. Rcinhardt brought down the
house with his violin solo. The orches-
tral selections were as usual rendered IN
capital style
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THE DEATH ROLL.
THE ACTUAL MORTALITY FOR THE
WEEK ENDING JULY 1GTH
Causes of Death Ages, sexes Coiors ana
Conditions Great Fatality Among the
Infants over Onc-Fourth of the Deaths
iu Jackson Ward.


Infants over Onc-Fourth of the Deaths
ga Jackson Ward.
Actual mortality in the city of Rich
mond. showing ages of dccedcnts, sex,
and color and annual death rate per
900 inhabitants for week ending July
1G. 1857:
Causes of death Apoplexy-white 1,
colorc1 brain disease-colOred brOn-
chius-cOlOrcd . cerebrO-spinal men
mgitis-c -colorcd ! ; cholera infantum-
Whitcj D. cOlorcd 4, cholera mOrbus-white
3 consumption-white !, colored 2 con
yulsions white 3, c0nvulsions, infantile
white debility cOlored diarrh~a
white ., cOlorcd diarrhWa, chronic
white dyscntery, typhoid-white j;
fever, childbcd- white ], fever typhoid
white 3: heart discase-cOlOrcd 3; IN
tc.tinal obstruction white l. marasmus-
white I cOlOrcd mcasels-c0lOIed : :
old aeo-c0lOred ] premature birth
white T. c0l0rcd I pucrperal conyul-
sion.- white /. liberation stomach
.crlorod liberation bowels white
unku0Wn-c -coi0red 3 valvular disease OF
heart white /, COlOrcd / whOOping
couch colorcd !.
Whole number of deaths in the city,
exclusive of stil.hir,hs 60.
Rate Rate of mortality Of whole pop
uaii0n Was 3l2O per 1000 per annum
rate of mortality of white population was
3.l3 per 900 per annum; rate of NOR
aiv of colorcd population was 4O1S
per 1000
oeN and Color White males, Is; white
females. 20 Total, 2G. ColOrcd males, 10;
cO.0led females, 10. Total, 34
Aee one 20 thirty days-white, 3;
colored. >. Total. :. one to six months
white. q. colorcd, f. Total 10. Six to
Twelve months white, ., colorcd, . To-
TAB. one 20 three years-white 3;
c0.ored. S. Total, II. Three TO five years
c0.lred. T. Ten 20 twenty years-whiic,
cOl0rol. . Total, T. Twenty TO thirty
years white. D.. c0lored, D Total, Z.
Thirty to forty years white, / g colored,
&. Total 3 Forty 90 fifty years WAiie,
colorcd. . Total, B. Fifty TO sixty
years. white. colored 3. Total, 4.
Sixty lo seventy ycars-whiie,2 colored,
Total Seventy TO eighty years
co'ored D.
Condition Singlc-whte, 80 color
cl. %. Total, a. Married. white,
c0.ored. 3 Total, o. Widowcrs colored,
T. Widows white, . colored B. Total,
d. Unknown, J.
Nativity Kichmond, 3j other parts
ol thc United States, 23. Italy ireland,
Locality. Marshall ward-white, q col
or.d. q total s. Jefferson ward-white,
&. c0lorel q. total, $. Madison ward
white. 3; c0i0red, . total, D. Monroe
vad-white. Clay vard-white, =;
cllorcd g. total. @. Jackson ward
white. ., colorcd. rs; total, Is. Aims
hou-c-white, d colorcd, 3 total f.
Imncnfiary colorcd g.
Comparative weekly mortality Total
deaths week ending July 9-whitc, 81;
col0rcl "a. total. 30. Sull-bon-wlntc,
9 c1lorcd. g. total For week ending
July 1G-whitc. % colorcd, 3l total. go
-tll-bom white, . colorcd, D total, g.
Temperature Mean temperature for
week ending July o SO 43; mean t,m-
pcmurc for week ending July l6, 9i'.
Amount of rainfall for week ending
July q. - inches, amount of rainfall
lur week ending July Is. .Ol inches
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4 VETERAN FOUND DEAD.

ON Monday evening, about : o'clock
thc body of q man In blue uniform was
found lying in q road near Fort llarri-
som about eight miles below the city
An inquest was held and 10 was found
that the dead man was Andrew DOran.
an inmate of the Soldiers Home at
Hampton, who had been noticed walking
near thc place where the body was
found, about two hours before lie was on
thiuydays furlough and had been in
Richmond drinking hard Starting
back DE was overcome by the heat, and
thciury brought in verdict accordingly.
The body was carried to the Federal
Cemetery at Fort Harrison, and Phil
kcarncv Post, c. A. r., took charge Of
thc burial arrangements, a detail being
present at hcinterment last night
Doran had served creditably i'm a Mas
sacusctts regiment, and was drawing a
pension ON account Of wounds received
in battle.
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At the Second Baptist church in At
ianta, Sunday morning, Rev Or Henry
Mcdonald preached his last sermon for
the summer.
At night Rev. DR.. j. b. Hawthorne
delivered an address on The Qualiiiea-
tions and Duties of DeacOns."
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The Mstthews-fo,berg stabbing Case
Mr. Matthews Fined 80.

George B. Matthews was called up for
sentence in the Criminal Court yes
terday morning for stabbing G.W. +. Fos-
berg. lie was indicted for assault with
intent TO Kill, but the jury found him
guilty of an assault, with a recommcn-
dation for mercy Judge Montgomery
imposed a fine OF So Washington P0st
Mr. Matthews was formerly a resident
Of Richmond and has friends and rela.
tiyes in this city.
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ANnnthfnI Mnrderer.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, July 19.-Willie
Augustus. aged twelve (white), and Rob
ert Bcachum .colored) aged nine, quar-
relied while at play yesterday afternoon.
Augustus chased Beachum between some
frcightcars and there stabbed him five
times I'm the neck and three times in the
trunk killing him. The murderer is in
o.
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TENEMENT HOUSES.

Monday night
TENEMENT HOUSES.
There is frequent remarks as 10 the
way several new rows of tenement
houses have been built II is very well
20 have cheap houses for the people, but
not 10 have a dozen such houses erected
ON lot about big enough for four The
appearance of the city is not only disig-
ured, but there is great danger from fire.
Permits should only be granted after
careful consideration. and the proper
authorities should see that the work was
done in accordance with them. If houses
are erected not in accordance with the
terms of a permit or without any permit
zoo all. the ordinances of the city are yio-
lated.
The ilustings Court was in session
Yesterday. but only civil cases oino public
interest were tried
THE ENAMINAT'oN LAW.
The law in regard 10 the rc-cxamination
of school teachers is certainly a yeXati0u,
and annoying one. but it is equally GER
tain that neither superintendent Bu-
chanm nor superintendent Blankenship,
nor superintendent Maurice made the
law. SO they cannot unmake TO- and there
is very little use making % face about IT,
The law, however should bc executed
equally in all places and If, as is claimed
70, the reason of its enactment. 10 is neccs
-lry t0 keep teachers mp 90 high stand
ari. DO is just as necessary in Richmond
as it is in Manchester and Chesterfield.
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Tn Iicense TnxpaNer..

License taxpayers who have been IN
dictcd by the grand jury for not having
paid their license taxes, are informed that
they can pay their fines in coupons as
well as their State tax, and effect very
large saving by 50 doing.
Complete legal protection and indem-
rniiy guaranteed.
JAMES p COOPTR,
9l1 Main street, Richmond, Va.
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BBi,NITIE>.

ARNAtA ~ Nt''AtfNN'f
The travel on the Fulton end of the
City Railway is still very encouraging.
Colonel Richard F. Beirne and Mr..
Barton II. Grundy are at Cobbs Island.
The Virginia House on Grace street,
adjoining the st. Claire Hotel, is for rent.
Mr. Meyer Cohen with A. Saks 4 Co..
left yesterday for Old Point and Atlantic
City
Lightning struck one of the electric
light poles on Church I'LL avenue Mon
day night.
In the Chancery Court Carrie G. Pow
ers Is sueing for q divorce from Boulware
H. Powers.
Masters Thomas c. and Charles D.
Gentry will spend part of the summer at
Tocoa Falls, Georgia.
Mr.. Harry Schwarzschild when last
heard from was at his native town near
Main.
There has been one bright spot during
the hot spell The drum corps did not
practice every night.
Save your pennies and dimes and go
with Rescue Council tO Ashland Park
Monday, August lst.
Mr.. John Morton, of west Main street,
vino has been very ill for the past week,
is reported much better.
Mr.. Jacob Ezekiel with Levy Brothers.
has been suffering with severe indis-
position for several days.
Thcst of Mcssrs. H. w. Smith ~
Co., 1925 East Main street, was found
open Monday night by the police.
Professor VI Stein formerly leader of
the Mozar, Academy orchestra is leading
light opera music at Atlantic Ci,y
Mr.. Charles Stith, now in the employ
of the Western Union Company in North
Carolina, is i'm The city on brief visit.
The old houses lately standing at Nos.
pos and 2lO North Fifth street have been
moved as far as Marshall and Sixth
streets.
our esteemed townsman. Mr. Charles
Gcnnct, continues quite feeble at thcresi
dencc of his son-in-hw, Dr. G. Hall
Moore.
Mr,Gcorge NJ. Smith, former resi-
dent now win Adams Payne a. co.
family and friends,
Mi. 'loun'l loy W "lH.l l'5 ''7,,1" io'
lne HcAl session "' " "li"ON H'".i,'
Ne" otn. US. nc open, Hep'ell'eI lou"
III ''' ~ '77'' r.,,
ne o.u DilcN wan on lue Hl5H.i'.s'i'e'
sac Oh 'He loih ! I''lueiiCe Oh 'Hc ,1'g
IT. JoAh A. Culill' -'I''ii, 'iil mas O'cn pune"
uoWn "n" is Oc'ns ''o"'i''
81 w l asnins'on l'pI'lcis arc nuN'ln4
.4'''1 o'i Wv, ,''''. W.. ,o
.lc ''D,''''oiiu III ''I..'''''0 60 VI '"'
pIcs' w W. ''''"'''''' '''oi''
owing To- some delay me flHe'slfeel
9u!'13 '''',ooi oe.'.','"' "'' 'io' '"'
5cs1cIg"y un,'l '.10' ~ ~ '''IAi DN' '''s
e"l'''" 0''"" ''0- '''l va" go
II the weather is laYorhOie .lhe o"i-
ing of the Young Mems Christian AssO-
citation, which was postponed from last
saturday, VIII take place next saturday.
The paci.ceot tying horses Co the trees
on Bank street Is one that should be dis
countenanced. hc trees are al Beng
eaten up ana desl Dyed ln consequence
thereof
The dummy engine which was taken
on Monday for needed overhaul
ling. was put ON again in the evening.
and good business was done until the
coming up of the storm.
,rlop 81 n =. .,,ioio, distincti,, io
,.a,. iiao 1VuIis,a lg,,d pr ',,I'o
,ba N,v Ynrk naner. amer s,y +. be rh,m.
,,ion of Anerica 4 in tngl,nd contest
tNI '-''-' go -'1+- p H-t'+-i '-1'
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Death ofa well-l,nown Journalist


Mr.. Alexander Mcdonald C0wan of
Famyille, well known throug 0ut the
State as q journalist died ON Saturday last
aged siXty-cight Mr. Cowan was ma
tive of Staunion and the son of Joseph
Cowan. prominent Scotch-lri,h citizen
and merchant of that city in former days
Tie was educated "a Washington College
and followed "a bent for newspaper work
by entering the office of the .~tfaut,u
Jirini1H where hcWr0te as well as print
ed. lIeafterwards edited the Scot syiile
Register, and more than forty year, ago
founded the Farmyille IUg,ntn which he
conducted until q few years ago The
people of Farmyille I'm placing just and
high estimation ON the character of
this worthy citizen for number OF
wears made him mayor of the corpora
ton and gave him numerous political
and municipal honors. Mr.. Cowan was
an amiable, kind-heartcd, generous man
and friend, constant Christian and
member of the Presbyterian church, %
man without am enemy, and one who
hated only the mean and low. lie leaves
several children and many relatives in
Richmond and elsewhere.
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HrNRICO nArrENINGs.

8 Dead soldier Found Trial of the Broad
street Road Case.
Byr,que-t of Judge Wellord Judge Il.
T. Barton viii to-day hear the Broad
street road case Some time ago a m0n-
llu.r was issued against the supervisors,
compelling them 20 open the road They
TOOK m appeal TO the Circuit Court and
AS stated. the case viii be tried tO day.
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4 wrestling match has been arranged
between John Miller and Greek George,
OF Norfolk, al the Pavilion tomorrow
night, for 500 per side.
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III, iSoyhood Home.

His Boyhood Home.
FAYETTEVILLE, y. Y, July l9.-This
beautiful village, the boyhood home of
Grover Cleveland, was to-day brilliantly
decorated with the national colors and
insignia of. the popular greeting to the
republics President. Large delegations
from Syracuse and the adjacent villages
and t0wnScame in during the forenoon.
Until the village streets were filed with
curious crowds Residences and busi-
ness places were profusely decora-
ted. The old Cleveland home. school
house, and academy which he attended
were suitably docked. as also the plain
homestead Of Mrs lloyt the Presidents
sister The Presidential party, including
Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland and Secretary
and Ms. FairchiId, drove here from Cas-
enoyia lcisurcly making two-hours
ride through % delightful region.
They reached here shortly before noon,
driving through che multitude in The
main streets % Mrs. Iloyts residence.
\ committee 0f old acQuaintances re-
ceiyed and escorted thc President.
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IAt.lN s. co.. 1880 Franklin street lcstab
.H.I I7lU. Toilet aud Laundry Soaps.
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LbA COAL YARD lIlba -tauom Broad
- Pine streets. w.. IS. Pitcher, agent. All
nds oi Coal, Wood, and Coke. Tele-
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, uIuvlOh. lln D.. Man street, Cor
.. s.Icffd
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Choice Imported Claret-price very
low-at Chamberayne * Co.'S. 10 and Il South
Thirteenth street.
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.YNu STEAM BAKERY. d. Adam,
lI s.. Twelfth street. Wholesale
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.....IN U. CAltDN EH. fis E. Broad
H.r cutting. l3Diug. shaving. ani
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..-.|H uElAHC ..Il E Stain .ue.t n..
ml general machine I.ruIut.
patents.
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rlAGG. Twelfth street. under American
H..D. Civic aui military tailor.
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An infant whose name could not be
learned, died from the effect of heat on
Monday night
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DAVIS. N Smith street. Shades
...s. cloths. tal paper hanging
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Mr.. Stephen Hunter has renewed his
lease upon the ST. Claire Hotel property.
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OVER THE RIN Err.
CURRENT INCIDENT IND COMMENT
~ THE CITY OF MANCHESTER.

The Hastings Court-Ihe Examination
Question Again Picnic-, Past and Fu-
ture-Talk About Tenements The Lawn
Party Personals and Briefs.
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I.IH UIACONT a- o. Marshall -Ioot
....unl rOal. Repairing neatly uul
dome.
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OVER THE WIRES.
THE 1CCfDENTS AND INCIDENTS or
the DAY BY TELEGRAPH.

striking on Coal Trains singular Death.
safe Robbery steamer Missing Burned
to Death The Conservative Programme.
General Foreign News Sc. sc.
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I,I ~l y l.~~ liOt 80
Drtrg ll'or ec reloie and goo
ues. arlg thar oc1tion az"
..- fmadrlg ~gnl as s9nrf
hr ilforu1l0u rortHc g. H'.
fult lrucIe ef business.
Analytical Chemist:
H|NNI hIIIINo. Do $. IWcith street
.. Chesapeake nuN Ohio uud licN
i...NInt railroads. Special a'
InI mineral waters
Architects.
H|NNNIh. JOB D.. Main street. Con
solicited.
Bdrhcrs.
U...lN Do. GARDINER. 5is y. hroa
Iir cutting. u1 1DInf, -.a'iHt' "N
bakers:
"INn STEAM hAhtiil. IL Ahan
s.. Twelfth street, NhN.-N
Boots and shoes.
I~NlIT. l1ll D. NHIu street, iio
mems auI 81 anl s-N ia''t
Butchers.
..|..U Ntll LE stall $50. IT,. iu-
smoked n.ef tongue speciality.
Crd, Manufacturers
Nl Ll- ff b.. Marshall 'iOD
r.fH. ru.r ASCENT lYi i
lN Drops.
Canvas Goods:
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we would have been destroyed, Pemberton's
army was larger than ours. and had we been de
feaied Vicksburg would have been lost All
confidence would have been lost in the Union
generals. and Indiana and Illinois would have
been lost to the Union 1t made the victory at
Lookou Mountain and at Missionary Ridge. Il
made the Atlantic campaign and Shermans
march TO the sea possible" / had supposed he
would say Gettysburg Grant, Mcpherson and
Sherman were on the railroad between Vicks-
burg and Jackson. When Grant found that Nc
Clernand could not be depended upon to reach
them in time to assist in the battle, no ordered
Logan to push his troops right through the left
flank OF the enemy. General Hovey's division
OF Netherlands corps was with Mcpherson on
that day, and be opened the battle and had the
heaviest part OF the fighting. Logan was one OF
the most intense fighters we had In the army.
although Sheridan would probably get as much
enthusiasm into his men. The very appearance
OF either Sheridan or Logan in the field
the way they sat in their sadd!es-inspired
courage. When General Grant passed along the
lines there always was respectful bow. but
when Logan passed there always was a shout
Logan told his to stop for battery.
any thing else, and result, Pemberton found
that we had him in the rear. On the morning
Of the 18th of May we closed in on Vicksburg.
Our first assault the 10Th, and the
22d came the assault that WAS disastrous to
our army. 1t was very destructive, bus at the
same time the attack was necessary. Our
troops had been SO accustomed to victory that
they thought must 60 right up to Vicksburg
and take it. After the attack they were very
willing to go into a siege.
General Leggett then described the siege and
the undermining of the fort, which was blown
up on the 18th OF June. Ssventyfve persons
were killed by the explosion. He described the
manner of the. surrender. and the triumphal
march of the Union army into the city. He
concluded his lecture by saying: 1.-THE one
thing peculiar about our army was that, no mat
ter what emergency arose, there was always
some one who could fill it. If we wanted loco
motive. there were men among us who could
make it. If we wanted railroad, some could
be found to make that There genius
among US which proved useful at every turn
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The New Dnmb Te,enhone.

The test OF new telephone made in the
Office of Mr. George Westinghouse, in Pittsburg,
by Mr.. Lowth, the inventor. The instrument
may not appropriately be termed dumb tele-
phone, as it has no transmitter. properly speak
ing, the conversation being carried on 3y means
of the receiver alone. Attached to the receiving
tube, which is shaped somewhat different from
those now in use, is single wire, to the end of
which is a sensitive little appliance which presses
against the iarynx and glands of the neck, and
as the jaws moved in conversation the mo-
ton sends the words spoken along the wire as
distinctly the telephone now in use, and it is
claimed even more distinctly. There is no necess-
1ty for yelling at the man on the other end of the
line. and no use for it. there is receiver TO
shout into, and. will be seen by the above de-
scription of the continuance, the sounds and
words are conveyed by the gentlest motion of
the jaws The operation of the new telephone
is said to be wonderful: in the extreme, and all
who saw II expressed their establishment
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Detroit Free Press.
'It is not often that to be cripple is forum
ate thing" said Deputy Customs Inspector Or
son B. Curtis, yesterday, '.but if had not lost
my left hand during the war 1 should have lost
it two weeks ago. The way of it Was this" he
went on. 'For eight years have been on duty
at the ferry dock. much of the time at night.
1t is my custom to remain in the Of
fee upstairs until boat touches the
dock and then go down to meet the passengers
as they land. The custom house is built on
piles, in fact, on part Of the dock, and, when
the boat touches. it jars the building, SO that.
if l were taking 'cat-nap,' it would
awaken me- During all these eight years
have had no vacation until this month.
when l went down into Indiana on q
visit was riding at night in a daycar; my
shoes were off and was asleep, when the train
started out of little station near Peru. do not
know whether was even partially awakened,
but the jar impressed me with the idea that
the boat had touched the dock, and, leav-
ing my seat | walked to the end of the car,
opened the door, went out upon the platform,
turned to the left, descended the steps
and stepped off, in my stockinged feet, into the
snow. As did SO the car struck me and knocked
me down, and my arm was so close to the rail
that wheel touched my empty sleeve. rolled
over. away from the track, and got on my feet
so quickly that caught the rear platform of the
next car l suppose / was the palest man in In
diana when got aboard"
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Baltimore American.
'Once upon time,' as the story writer's
would say, Parson Lorenzo Dow stopped at a
log cabin near this city. His host was man
given to drink, and all the efforts of the wife to
stop him were of no avail. She asked the &C.
centric parson if he could, in any way, help her
husband. The Parson said he would resort to
prayer after supper, when her husband returned
home. Just before supper was announced, how
ever, the husband came staggering in the cabin
door. He was jolly. He was drunk. The good
wife greets him with the information: "Parson
Dow is upstairs in the loft which was the
best accommodation that could be given
him. .'ls-ss he2" Grawed the tipsy husband.
I'VE Ill, br-br bring him d-d-down." This
order obeyed, and presently the Parson
came down. ''C-can you r-rase th-th-tho
d-devil, Prpr-parson Dowl If y-y-you can I'll
b-b-believe in you.' The Parson had seen a bar.
rel of cotton in the loft An idea struck him. He
steps outside, gets little negro boy and puts
him in the barrel of cotton The barrel and the
boy were brought down from the loft The
tipsy landlord asked: "Pp-parson, ocean
you r-rraise tn th-the dev2" ''Yes, if you give
me light" came the answer A light was
brought. The cotton was set on fire. Presently
out jumped the little black negro, and the half
dazed husband. frightened but yet fully con-
WINGED Of the Parsons supernatural powers, ex-
claimed amid excitement and confusion. in the
vernacuar of the day: "P-p-parson, Him
yore meat; HIN quit and, sure enough.
he never smiled again.